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The implementation of your code of practice is simple.

You all have to agree to what best serves the interests of your trade and what conduct or actions are deemed as unacceptable to those interests. You then need to get every owner to sign up and to hold a copy in his taxi. Every new driver should then be provided a copy and asked to give his details and sign up as part of their association membership. If it were me, I would even charge a nominal joining fee for administration purposes.

I’ll take a bet Bigblue, you and your chums could come up with a dozen reasons, why the above would be difficult to implement. However, if you put in the same effort, you do bitching at each other, you could turn it into an overnight success.

You would then have a platform to work off as far as notifying people about trade issues, meetings and what actions are being agreed to and taken on their behalf.

If you want to have a real future in the taxi trade Bigblue, I suggest you forget about the past.

Tell you what bigblue if you just counted to ten and spoke to people in the civil manner like your last post instead of the earlier playground stuff you would have been able to take in the actual facts and others would be able to take on board your opinions.

The Independents already knew that they had made a mistake with some of the wording on the leaflet. Action was taken to address that in the local paper today, which unfortunately has not been printed.
It's a fine line trying to make their protest without hitting the wrong targets, nobody claims to be experts who get everything right. That's why forums like this are so valuable!

As for the code of conduct and your CPHA. Already intending to bring that up at their meeting with the Council due this month but probably put back because of this carry on.
It was not with this sort of thing in mind, more about some of the new drivers who are appearing without seeming to know the basics.
The view was that whilst the trade could suggest a Code of Practise the Council should put it into our conditions. it might not all be enforceable but all of us would know what was expected.
It would also be part of the driver test along with some customer service questions, I think other Councils already do something like that.
Gusmac might confirm.

Day 7

Reports are that drivers continue to work the rank as normal.

You should be careful about asking your council to endorse your code of conduct. As not under cutting each other on the rank for country work, for example, would sound anti-competitive. What represent your trade interests might not necessarily be in the interests of your council or the customer.

Oh and any council conditions for driving a taxi should also come with drivers being advised of their rights from the outset, when undergoing an interview by a council official or the cab inspector.

Oh and another little nugget, when you come up with your code of conduct drivers will need to understand why certain behaviour works against everyone’s interests, for example, undercutting the guy in front. What’s obvious to some, it might not be to others?

You need to canvas everyone’s opinions by asking specific questions about how their trade should be seen to conduct its business.

If you finally do get properly organised and everyone singing off the same page, committee positions should come with a maximum tenure of three-years, and then they have to stand down. That way, it will encourage new blood, and it will stop anyone trying to make a career out of representing his own interests, before that of your trade. You might also consider membership fees to pay for an honorarium to cover for time and resources spent on trade business. Of course, you could increase this at any time if you wanted to add 24/7 legal representation for your members, that’s if everyone agreed?



Just a thought...

Cabhappy your talking about the independants all owners are independant your trying to blame others for you wording I reiterate your wording but I wont go on about you telling lies the other subject about under pricing you were the one who started undercutting tendered school work to an exxtent that youhad to use your own private car to cut running costs down but in gyour defence your not the only one doing sothe members of the other clique also are very guilty of doing the same they also operate there own fare structure but they dont sit between ranks and cut up other drivers up you realy have to get off your hhigh horse and stop telling lies on this forum you and the rest of the clected committee have to listen to your members and deal with them the proper way remember the price comparison that was agreed and voted on was not concluded that a committee going against its members wishes if it was voted for it should have been implemented skull you've only heard one side now your hearing the other we need a committe here that doesn't have there own agenda ps sorry for spitting the dummy

Listen, I've seen all of this shi* many times before. Get over it. If you want to hold Cabhappy to account for his actions, or anyone else, for that matter, concentrate on your code of conduct. That way, everyone makes a firm commitment to a fresh start. Then, if anyone fu*ks up, you will have him by the balls, and you can kick his ass out of your association. Name and Shame... or burn his taxi or do whatever the fuc* you want but don't let that destroy what you might achieve. Now are you up for it?

'Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer'?

Theres not two of them agree on anything down here any more its a free for all they cant see beyond thereown f..kin noses I wouldnt stick my neck out for any of the they would run a mile an let you hang they wont even join the committee and try to balance the diferant factions to get equality through the ranks if they would have this mess could have been averted

Think, code of conduct and nothing else. And if what you say is true, they will be found wanting for their lack of backbone. This is your chance to hold them to account and to point the finger and rightly so.

What have you got to lose?

Your trouble is you are very much not with the majority and you don't like it. The committee go with the majority.
And you can sling as much mud as you like my way, the messages I am getting is very few pay any attention to it.

Even on here everyone can read my words for themselves, and can judge yours for themselves too.

I've played my small part and contributed to a few things for my three years, and did what i have been asked to. To suggest that any one person could have orchestrated things is ludicrous and a disservice to many others. On Saturday afternoon I was on the other side of the country.
But with all the rumours of burnt out motors etc going about you saw an opportunity to point the finger and you took it.

There is an agm coming up soon if you can get the support all the best. For the last two years you only had to put your hand up.
With a fair bit of help from this forum we are nearly there with the fee fight, you can finish it off.
It matters not a jot to me who gets the job done as long as we all have our fees reduced.
You can take on the code of conduct with the council too.

Hope you have some quality people on the committee with you like I have worked with. You will need them.

Now that's what I like, fighting talk, it's the only way. It's a question of who has the biggest or the smartest balls wins? Evolution in action...

Now this is interesting:



Would anyone care to explain?

ority as tyiu say have radios in there cabs and just see an opertunity to have a good night can only see the end otf there noses you only got good suport for one cause I can only say good work but I cannot and will not take up anything I cant give 100%comitment to I dont have the time to start with dont you have any answers for the other topic I spoke about nobody will take the job you all took and you know why you only get the suport of a few radio holders at the meetings no one will ever get full atention at these meetings i would be surprised if you have anymore after this saturdays blockade the people will get fed up with hassle it will bring and will go elsewhere to shop then what will we do you should look for another solution and its not mud sling its the truth ive not heard any roumors of burnt out motors think you geting a bit paranoid your the ones that put yourselfs in the limlight not me cant handle the heat get out of the kitchen

So what are you trying to achieve exactly?

Peaceful taxi protest


POLICE have confirmed a taxi protest which took place at the weekend went off without incident.

Officers confirmed that at around 2pm on Saturday around 30 cabbies staged a protest throughout the town.

The action comes after drivers said their livelihoods are being put at risk by a decision to only allow Clydebank Taxis workers to pick up passengers from the taxi rank at the Clodstream North car park near Asda.

On Monday cops confirmed the weekend's incident had been a peaceful protest.

http://www.clydebankpost.co.uk/news/rou ... i-protest/

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